Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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✝️ “God was in Christ reconciling the world . . .”
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The Church Under Grace
By Pastor Kevin Sadler
An excerpt from Pastor Kevin Sadler’s new booklet, based on episode 70 of Transformed by Grace. You can also watch episode 70 on YouTube.
“This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
“He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
“This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
“This is he, that was in THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us” (Acts 7:35-38).
Much confusion exists today about the biblical use of the word church. Without understanding the term in light of Scripture, many people conclude this word refers to a building that is used for worship.
The Bible teaches that the church is not a building, but that believers themselves are the church. Others assume that any time they find the word church in Scripture, it refers to them or truth about them; this is not true either, this assumption can lead to many practical and doctrinal errors.
First, we must establish the definition of the word church in the Bible. The word church, does not always mean the same thing, every time we find it, and it doesn’t always refer to the same group of people. As it is with many biblical words, it is critical to look at the context in which they are used to understand their meaning.
The Bible refers to several different churches. First, in Acts 7, we find a reference to a church, but it is not the Church, the Body of Christ. It is a different church. Acts 7 refers to “the church in the wilderness,” referring back to the days of the books of Exodus and Numbers in your Bible. We see here that God had a “church” long before Christ said, “upon this rock I will build My church” in Matthew 16:16-18. Who is this church in Acts 7?
Stephen, in his discourse before the religious leaders in Israel explained how the people of Israel initially “refused” the leadership of Moses (Acts 7:35) but later accepted him and followed him out of Egypt “after that he shewed wonders and signs” (v. 36). Then, God gave the “lively oracles” to Moses on Mount Sinai “to give unto us” (v. 38). The “us” is Israel.
Here the word church is referring to the people of Israel in the wilderness after their deliverance from Egypt. Thus, we learn that there was a “church” in the past. This church in the wilderness had laws, requirements, and instructions specifically for them. They had a place to worship at the tabernacle. They had Moses as their leader. This church was Israel.
When we read about this church in the Old Testament, it does not refer to us. It is not the church of this dispensation of grace. It was a different church, a different group of people who lived under the law.
The word church is translating the Greek word ekklesia, and it simply means a called-out group or a called-out assembly. It is a general term and can be used to describe any group of people, from an angry mob (Acts 19:32,41) to a group of saints gathered for worship….
The context will always make clear which church is in view. Israel was a church, a called-out group. They were called out of Egypt and out of the world to be a special people unto God. Today, we are a called-out, special group of people. We are called out, not as a chosen nation as Israel was but, instead, we’re called out to be members of the Church, the Body of Christ.
We, too, are a church, but we are not Israel. Israel was a church, but they were not the Body of Christ. These must be kept separate. In doing this, it clarifies many misunderstandings about God’s instructions for Israel under the law as well as God’s instructions for the Body of Christ under grace. When we rightly divide between these two, we understand the Bible much more clearly.
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/the-church-under-grace-2/
Acts 7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Matthew 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Acts 19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
Acts 19:41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
For some rerason, whenever I hear this kind of music, I always conger up memories of 1am last sets at small jazz clubs. The staff is closing up, stacking chairs on tables, the bar is serving coffee to the remaining few regulars who are reluctant to go home. The musicians are actually waiting to get paid but, while they wait for the owner to count the night’s receipts, they and the few loyal fans enjoy a little magic as Paul and Jim play something they especially like. Trust me, it’s kinda hard to go to work the next day when you didn’t get home until after 2am. But it was always worth it.
An absolute gem, Garrison.. you can almost hear the clinking of glasses in the background as the staff clears the few remaining tables in anticipation of shift’s end.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/pr_prayer.aspx
Saint Hilarion, the Hieromartyr, Archbishop of Verey in Russia is among the Saints commemorated today – December 15th on the traditional Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church and December 28th on the civil calendar. He died while imprisoned by the atheist Bolsheviks in 1929.
In 1912, he wrote an exceptional article titled in English “Christianity or the Church?” that reflects his time in history, but is still on the mark today in refuting errors about a so-called Churchless Christianity.
http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/sthilarion_church.aspx
A very interesting site on the persecution of the Orthodox Christians at the hands of the Bolsheviks concerns the Catacomb Church and mentions Saint Hilarion.
http://www.catacombhistory.blogspot.com
That’s funny.
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers‘ soap:
Malachi 3:2
G F Handel set selected Bible verses to music in his Messiah. But Who May Abide, usually sung by a bass/baritone is here performed by Patti Austin in a modern gospel setting. She absolutely blisters it. “Well ya got to STAND up!”
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Who’s murdering all the COVID scientists?.
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Doctors, scientists and other medical experts involved with research into the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) are mysteriously turning up dead all around the world in what appears to be a mass culling of people who know too much truth about the plandemic.
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https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-12-27-whos-murdering-all-the-covid-scientists.html
Dora, here is a companion piece to back up the article you posted. This will also help understand why scientists are being killed…(plenty of source links)
No Governments Have Isolated COVID-19 Virus – What Does That Mean? by Devvy Kidd
https://newswithviews.com/no-governments-have-isolated-covid-19-virus-what-does-that-mean/
Very interesting. Thank you.
Remember reading something similar happening to Osteopathic Doctor’s several years ago.
I remember the culling of anti vax docs a few years ago…
Basically, if you take a look at the ACTUAL NUMBERS, it becomes clear: with increased FLU vaccinations, there is an INCREASE IN DEATHS OF ELDERLY. You ain’t gonna see THAT on the mainstream news sites.
With increased vaccinations of babies, we’ve gotten increased rates of autism – it has SKYROCKETED right alongside the increase in vaccines. (How many do they inject babies with today? It’s 2 -3 DOZEN vaccines BY THE TIME THE KID IS TWO. No flippin WONDER that, as these POISONED children grow up, they have all sorts of mental problems.
Don’t wear a tinfoil hat – no, just INJECT YOUR BABIES WITH THAT ALUMINUM!
Aluminum is an adjuvant in many vaccines and is a KNOWN TOXIN. But docs can assure moms that INJECTING IT STRAIGHT INTO YOUR BABIES is as safe as can be. PFFFT!
edited to add: Vaccine makers CANNOT BE SUED. Why in the world would they have NEEDED such a law, folks? Because they damn well KNOW that their vaccines are POISON.
Not JUST the covid vaccine – ALL OF THEM.
CONTINUOUS CONVERSION
“Except ye be converted, and become as little children…” Matthew xviii. 3
These words of Our Lord are true of our initial conversion, but we have to be continuously converted all the days of our lives, continually to turn to God as children. If we trust to our wits instead of to God, we produce consequences for which God will hold us responsible. Immediately our bodies are brought into new conditions by the providence of God, we have to see that our natural life obeys the dictates of the Spirit of God. Because we have done it once is no proof that we shall do it again. The relation of the natural to the spiritual is one of continuous conversion, and it is the one thing we object to. In every setting in which we are put, the Spirit of God remains unchanged and His salvation unaltered, but we have to “put on the new man.” God holds us responsible every time we refuse to convert ourselves, our reason for refusing is willful obstinacy. Our natural life must not rule, God must rule in us.
The hindrance in our spiritual life is that we will not be continually converted, there are wadges of obstinacy where our pride spits at the throne of God and says – I won’t. We deify independence and willfulness and call them by the wrong name. What God looks on as obstinate weakness, we call strength. There are whole tracts of our lives which have not yet been brought into subjection, and it can only be done by this continuous conversion. Slowly but surely we can claim the whole territory for the Spirit of God.
Oswald Chambers
December 28th Devotional
Verse of the Day for Monday, December 28, 2020
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“Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.”
Psalms 27:7 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Be My Voice
A sad truth: these people consider themselves more evolved than we, a higher form of the human species. I once had a millenial declare that her generation was the most technical evolved generation.
I chuckled because she failed to realize that every generation is more technically evolved than the preceding one. She also failed to comprehend that all of her DNA came from parents who were her “lessers,” making her on par with them.
https://twitter.com/NoTrueScotist/status/1343397023148457985
Has everyone seen this? CDC admits their numbers are fake? Only 6 % of the reported 330,000 “covid deaths” were actually caused by covid. (,210, to be exact.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/330000-americans-die-china-coronavirus-closer-20000-died-china-coronavirus/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/shock-report-week-cdc-quietly-updated-covid-19-numbers-9210-americans-died-covid-19-alone-rest-serious-illnesses/
Here’s the CDC report. I have not analyzed it myself yet.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm?fbclid=IwAR2-muRM3tB3uBdbTrmKwH1NdaBx6PpZo2kxotNwkUXlnbZXCwSRP2OmqsI
testing for uploading photo. it works.
Just say’n… 😉
In case you missed the memo…
Unbelievable. It truly is and was a scamdemic, from the get-go.
Just say’n… 😉
Imagine how this person will react
during a Global Financial Collapse…
https://twitter.com/Austin_Zone/status/1343590128116228096
SMH Crazy
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Am I in the dustbin, or recycled bin or whatever you call it? I can’t find several posts I made today. One said it was “waiting for approval”……
Since this is open, I’ll share here too. The Urkanian’s held a presser this AM their time. It was shared in another thread by a fellow Treeper. I watched the whole thing. I wanted to share my 10,000 ft overview of the presser….it’s mind blowing. I’m sharing here because I don’t want it to get buried in the other thread (which I will share there too):
Wow, just wow. I just watched the whole video. The whole Obama administration is involved with this scheme to steal from not only the Ukrainians but US citizens as well (the foreign aid money laundering).
Why is Mnuchin not giving them back the stolen money? Why is Kent not being turned over? This is huge. They have it all- now we know why the following occurred:
For those who didn’t watch let me provide the high level gist of the Press Conference (and yes, they have witnesses – now in protective custody, documents, bank accounts, transfers, receipt, and yes recorded calls and video- they don’t share it all but give you an idea as to what they have):
First they outline the scheme used to launder money via Ukraine’s energy sector primarily Natural Gas (Burisma) and coal (another company). Poreshneko (corrupt Ukraine Pres, previous Pres) had an elaborate system of shadow businesses and accounts used to pass the money along (this is where the witnesses come from- they were involved in other countries and turned over computers). They, Burisma, used Hunter Biden and Devin Archers influence on the board to strong arm consolidation of the gas market in Ukraine. Used propaganda to sell to the Ukraine people that….wait for it…gas and coal from Pennsylvania, and two other non US entities were going to wipe them out. This allowed the to considerate and artificially raise prices. This then allowed Poreshenko to artificially raise energy tariffs. HIs people then took that extra money and moved it around. It eventually ended up in the pockets who helped them- for the US they mention Obama officials generically and explicitly with Hunter Biden and Devin Archer- they have the documents that track the money back to the 83,333.33 payments (which the protected informant shared caused him to come clean- he wants nothing to do with that- he thought he was just laundering Ukrainian / Russian stolen goods). They tie to three major US companies- Citibank (name the CEO directly in the chart), Morgan Stanley (not CEO), and Seneca Holdings (Joe and Hunter’s company). They lay it all out. With actual evidence.
Next they outline the money laundering schemes involving US Foreign Aid- laundered similarly but with different players in different government agencies but the same actors outside that move the money. This includes the scheme to fire the prosecutor (remember Joey B- and damn it, they fired him). Well, we learn all about the involvement of George Kent, the women…I can’t remember her name, and the Charge de’Affairs. The US embassy via these people (and Mnchin believe it or not) were running the Ukrainian Prosecutors office via mandates and money pressure. They, the Obama Embassy people, then put the plan in place to ensure only those vetted through them were hired to replace those requested to be fired by Joey B- the individual presenting said- the US interfered in Ukrainian government operations including interfering in the investigation and prosecution of criminal activity in Ukraine- which violates international law. They mention George Kent specifically being an international criminal now, and tie in the old Charge de’Affairs and the new lady- they mention her name at the end but it slips my mind. Crazy….this is very high level and covered in more detail in the press conference.
They have Biden on the phone (they only share parts but its’ obvious they are talking about the laundering scheme). A few are from 2016 in November- Biden just craps all over Trump saying he and his transition team are a bunch of fools and thus he doesn’t need to brief them (i think purposely set up to prevent sharing info) and so he is still good, they continue with the plan. Then another call btwn Biden and Poreshenko in 2017 (yep, he’s no longer VP- one of several calls they state that happened after he was out of office) Joe Biden re-assures Poreshenko that he is still in and the operation is still good to continue (I’m paraphrasing)- along with Joey B giving himself fellatio and doing the same to Poreshenko- the self admiration is over the top btwn the two. Disgusting.
I’m sorry I could really provide about ten pages but I wanted to let everyone know what this basically covers. The evidence presented is overwhelming- John Kerry was warned in 2013 (date may be mixed up) and he ignored it. Mnchin is involved too….just wow.
MSM is fast in action suppressing this… I haven’t heard a word…now imagine if Trump’s staff was involved…….let these scum hang. I appreciate how the Ukraine official acknowledged first how the citizens of Ukraine were robbed but also says U.S. citizens as well.
Sorry I wasn’t more thorough.
https://www.brighteon.com/a1105939-00c1-4a53-a2d1-0eb790508559
Oh, this. My friend that sent me the twitter link yesterday sent me that this morning
Thank you for this summary. I started listening, but got bogged down in all the details and lost interest. A common problem for me. This is amazing.
“John Kerry was warned in 2013 (date may be mixed up) and he ignored it. Mnchin is involved too….just wow.
MSM is fast in action suppressing this… I haven’t heard a word…now imagine if Trump’s staff was involved…….let these scum hang. I appreciate how the Ukraine official acknowledged first how the citizens of Ukraine were robbed but also says U.S. citizens as well.”
Well, former Rep. Trey Goudy (R-SC) did say on Martha McCallum’s FNC show (~summer 2017, IIRC) that if the Clinton Foundation were ever FULLY investigated, about half of Washington, DC would be going to jail. And not just democrats.
When investigations moved from the DOJ to State Dept. regarding corruption against the PDJT Administration, things seemed to grind to a halt for Devin Nunes (R-CA)
Just say’n… 😉
Thought of the Day…
https://twitter.com/canadiangirls99/status/1343417885171937281
nice
Homily for the Feast of the Holy Innocents…and a warning to Joe Biden
A question for the legal minds here in the treehouse: I am a college professor in a school that does not use the tenure process, but instead a system of rolling three-year contracts. Most of my colleagues, including my boss, the Academic Dean, having been desperately clutching their pearls ever since the “Pandemic” came our way. Even with the accumulation of evidence that shutdowns, social distancing, and the wearing of masks has no value regarding the spread of the virus, and even further, that there is little evidence to support the asymptomatic spreading of the virus, we are still plagued with one-way hallways – masks, and related rules.
I’m done with this. If I refuse to continue submitting to the nonsense and I am threatened with dismissal, do I have any legal recourse?
dear squirrel doc,
I am “no legal braintrust” (william frawley in ‘miracle on 34th street’), but I do feel your pain. THis answer won’t help, but I say just do it (refuse to submit) and see what happens. it’s not worth it to deal with all that. Ugh. Good luck.
Dear Cobra – I’m inclined to do just that – to see just how far I can push it. While no one is indispensable, I am not without leverage. However, I am not battling reason and logic, but fear.
Thanks be to God who hears my prayers…..
Thank you Sundance and the many behind the scenes. We praise and thank God for your bravery!
dreamboat annie, where the heck ya been? Missed your posts!
missed ?! ♥️
good to see you Margot !
I went out and was doing something different..
But i think i’m back now ..
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen.
Amen. And Lord please protect General Flynn and his family, and all patriots and freedom loving people around the world.
Amen.
UN ‘Swiss’ rapporteur claims the extradition of Assange to the US is to”criminalize investigative journalism https://www.dw.com/en/un-rapporteur-on-assange-the-us-is-trying-to-criminalize-investigative-journalism/a-56076248
Saudi poobahs are keeping a tight grip on womens rights as “terror” activist on trial. https://www.dw.com/en/saudi-arabia-jails-womens-rights-activist-loujain-al-hathloul/a-56071860 https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/601903/SAUDI-ARABIA/Saudi-woman-gets-jail-for-inciting-to-change-ruling-system
Just read yesterday about Dubai and the scandals there involving the sheikh and one of his many wives, Princess Haya, who has sought asylum in Britain with her two children. This woman is a half sister to the current King of Jordan? If I read the story right?
And the reason why this wife ran away and is seeking a divorce in Britain (where she has gone to school) — is that one of the Sheikh’s daughters by another wife had tried to run away earlier; was captured near India, returned to Dubai, drugged, beaten and murdered, then buried at the palace.
Kinda creepy story. Would you want to stay with a husband who did that to his daughter? Nah I didn’t think so.
Praying for our President, our country and may GOD’s will be done, on Earth as it is in HEAVEN.
A Prayer for Deliverance of President Donald Trump from Enemies
Based on A Psalm of David
1 Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with President Donald Trump;
fight against those who fight against him!
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Take hold of shield and buckler,
and rise for his help!
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Draw the spear and javelin
against his pursuers!
Say to his soul,
“I am your deliverance!”
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Let them be put to shame and dishonor
who seek after his life!
Let them be turned back and confounded
who devise evil against him!
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Let them be like chaff before the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them on!
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Let their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
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For without cause they hid their net for him;
without cause they dug a pit[a] for his life.
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Let ruin come upon them unawares!
And let the net which they hid ensnare them;
let them fall therein to ruin!
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Then his soul shall rejoice in the Lord,
exulting in his deliverance
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All his bones shall say,
“O Lord, who is like thee,
thou who delivers the weak
from those who are too strong for him,
the weak and needy from him who despoils him?”
I invite you to PRAY this PRAYER starting TODAY through JANUARY 6, 2020.
For verses 11 – 28, see Bishop Rene Gracida’s website: AbyssusAbyssumInvocat.com
Nice pictures here!
The greatest story of all time is going down now. Alec Baldwin’s wife has been faking a Spanish accent, made up a fake Spanish heritage and changed her name to Hilaria from Hillary. Yeah, it sounds like a hoax, it isn’t. It’s in the Daily Mail as we speak. Chick is some rich girl from Massachusetts that attended a high school that costs over $60,000 a year but her parents had a vacation retirement home in Spain so she faked that she was born in Spain, faked an accent and changed her name to Hilaria. She started telling everyone she moved to America at 19. LOL … Appropriation to seem exotic or something.
Now she’s doing posts admitting she’s white but claiming she has another culture too (the parent’s retirement home I presume LOL) and Alec is ranting and raving. Even his daughter AKA “thoughtless pig” is defending this hoaxer.
Jack Posobiec says Alec’s stalker figured this all out and outed this scammer.
OK .. it’s too delicious.
So what does a crazy man like Alec do when he finds out his wife’s a total lie but he hates the people who outed her?
It’s too funny, he’s going to go insane. I feel sorry for the kids because she got him on the line with a bunch but with that family they were always going to be rich insane people anyway.
Too bad CPS is too corrupt to take the kids and put them in some normal household.